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DinoFlorist
(Jan 24, 2004)
Dory is a hippo tang
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 24, 2004)
Nice colors, Dino. I like your bears, better tho! I wanna see you do more bears! |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 24, 2004)
just wanted to try something different...im not entirely happy with the sky...couldnt get it go blend like i wanted it to...hmm...suggestions?
sal (Jan 24, 2004)
try usin lighter colours(lower pressure) over the darker ones to blend it a bit....
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 24, 2004)
I'm so glad this place inspired you to hook up your tablet! We can prolly rock now! I really like what you did with the water, it shows you are observing the different values of colors in things. A little less contrast of colors and more consecutive brush strokes in the sky would make it easier to blend. (follow sal's sugg. too) I'm proud of you, DIXIE! Keep working!
dixielandcutie (Jan 24, 2004)
okay, i see what yall mean...id revise it, but im over my limit, and this is just fiddlin so i dont wanna ask for a hop up...but ill keep that in mind...thanks! |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 23, 2004)
break time. line art done. almost done coloring. shading needed.oops, had forgotten to shade the shorts...hehe
pix (Jan 23, 2004)
I like that style you used in the her pink blouse Dix, you could try a whole drawing with that... I mean, use disrupted and trembled lines of the outlining ... they make your drawing more mature... but technique aside... wow... what theme...bg changes
DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Jan 24, 2004)
Oh Boy! You're turning into a great student!! :) I see you muted the colors in the sky and blurred it a bit for perspective, very good! We are getting somewhere! I like this one! |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 23, 2004)
*eyeballs falling out* i really wanna make this work...the red light from the sign will make shading so cool...ahhh. umm...any suggestions on how this is going?okay wooohoo. i think this came okay..my first switch from using my right hand on a touchpad, to using my left on a tablet....any suggestions on shading? perspective? tablet stuff? anything? thanks!
ambiguous.alkadette.amnesiac. (Jan 24, 2004)
hehe...maybe look at a few things on proportions...
DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Jan 24, 2004)
Dixie this shows you are learning! Really creative idea, and the highlights on her are cool! I dont see anything drastically wrong with the proportions of this - the above might be referring to perspective a bit, but we havent really gotten into that too much yet. (We will) The angles of what she is standing on and a variation of colors in the ground would help with that. |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 22, 2004)
just practicing. suggestions?blur overkill? kinda cool tho. hmm.
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 22, 2004)
Yeah, overkill on the blur. Use it sparingly, after you've done everything manually. (Only in backgrounds where you need to achieve depth, not on the whole pic. it doesnt fix stuff you dont like, it just blurs the whole thing) Dont concentrate so much on drawing the light itself, but instead how the light plays ON THE OBJECT and the shadows it casts. You are getting the idea, tho. Take a little more time doing your picture, study the subject you are doing carefully for details.
safescene (Jan 22, 2004)
heh, the buttons look like a smiley face |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 22, 2004)
okay, here's some inanimate objects, as directed...tried to do the shading...hmmm....may need more work. also, diregard the very funky perspective. i tried to fiddle with that too, but the window and dresser are one way while the wall and the floor another...eh, i guess ill work on perspective after i get a better grip on shading. hehe. OOOk.
staci (Jan 22, 2004)
another good way to learn is to look at other peoples drawings. dont copy them..but take notes i guess. and as far as inanimate objects..you need to start smaller. try like..just books, or something in your room..just one or two things..with a surface..a light source(dont DRAW the light source, just note where its coming from)..skip the wall the floor the dresser the window..all that and concentrate on the object. hope that helps.
dixielandcutie (Jan 22, 2004)
right...*thinking baby steps*...yeah, ive been all over the other boards...wow. some really amazing stuff. thanks so much for the tips. will do. :)
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 22, 2004)
Dixie, this is so much improvement from the first one already! Icats is right, and as i suggested also - books, fruit, simple objects and concentrate on the object. (She's right about the light source - u dont have to depict that in the picture for this to work) You do need to study the things under a good source of light coming from a definite direction. You can apply this lesson to objects everywhere you go, during a the course of a normal day. Study objects, note the different colors (there are dozens of different colors and values of colors in something that on first glance may appear to be gray, such as a street, or the sky, for example) and make a mental note of how the light plays on things, casting shadows and creating highlights. (I guess go to your msg. board and I'll put some stuff on perspective.. this is getting too long! :)
marcello (Jan 22, 2004)
um, here's a tip. It's a lot easier to read long text like that if you put some line breaks in. If you click the little +/- buttons on the bottom right of the comment box, you can actually expand it to see more of your typing. It helps a lot. :-) |
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nobbie (Jan 14, 2004)
Hello....new this site....I am looking to buy a tablet....wacom seems to be the one that is good and affordable....i have a laptop computer...and i want to be able to use my touchpad as a mouse as well as use the tablet.....does anyone know if i can do both...or should i say either or...mouse ...touch pad...and tablet....i will be taking my computer to other locations and will not want to bring the tablet and all around....and want the comvieniece of my own keyboard and touchpad....any info on t...
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 22, 2004)
haha, ok, this newest bit of bruising brought to you by...lol. um, ok, tried to takes some of your suggestions...am i getting the general idea? what do i need to improve?...okay, well, while you think on that, im gonna keep on bruisin...*tries to look intimidating* haha. thanks.
DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Jan 22, 2004)
Glad to see you are practicing! Great idea for getting the hang of shading, highlighting and blending. I think you are on the right track. His chin looks the best of everything so far. Try exaggerating the lights and darks a little, blending with the same graduating color values in between the two. And dont let anybody scare you off! Youre doing fine! :)Oh yeah, I have a small off the comp. "homework" assignment for you to do. Take some objects from around the house - relatively simple ones - books, fruit from the fridge, stuff like that, and arrange them on a table under and to one side of a lamp, where the light source casts definite shadows. Just sit there and LOOK AT THEM. Mentally note where the shadows and highlights are. The next day, get a sketch pad and a pencil, crayola, whatever floats your boat, and roughly sketch it, concentrating on the darks, lights, and values of color in between. This will help you more than anything, I think. Just one more thing - keep in mind that faces are extremely difficult to do, even for experienced artists. For your next drawing, try doing a still life of simple, inanimate objects.
dixielandcutie (edited Jan 22, 2004)
haha...homework *groan* lol, jk. thanks, i will definitely do that! thanks again for all your help!! youre awesome! (oops..just realized im outta space on this one...dunno if theyll let me go on anyway...oh well.) |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 21, 2004)
*stamps foot* ok. im trying to fix this ongoing shading problem i seem to have. but dangit *stamps foot again* its not working. this is what i have so far...can anyone point out something i am doing wrong...right? *help*
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 21, 2004)
HAHA. No foot stomping. I just put comments on your other pics, go read those and then come back to this one. Now, you have already made some progress. You have a light source (an obvious one) and you made some highlights hitting her hair. Youve got the idea. Except since it's coming from behind her we cant do much with that. If we pretend its coming more from the left, you can add some highlights to the left side of the picture (her right side) try highlighting that side of her face, arm and her dress, graduating the color value to lighter the closer it is to the light source. Just keep working at it! : )
staci (Jan 22, 2004)
i agree with archer..good idea..light source..improvement...etc. pehaps you should start off with some inanimate objects. or just faces...and make your canvas bigger so you arent trying to squeeeeeeze all this detail in.
Childlike_Vampire (Jan 22, 2004)
This seems really obvious, but the most "smack your forehead duh" kind of good advice that helped me with shading was to "make your darks darker and your lights lighter". The higher the contrast between the light and the dark, the more 3d a picture looks. ^^
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 22, 2004)
Yes, Dixie! Both of the above great advice! Read and heed... :) |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 20, 2004)
not done yet. need a break.
staci (Jan 21, 2004)
ok i have a suggestion. you spent 33 minutes on this..now..you could take maybe another 33 minutes and add some shading and depth by looking at real subject..studying folds in fabric..see how light reflects color and makes shadows and highlights. play with the tools..as you have seen almost anything is possible to reproduce with these applets. i personally think you could do better if you took a bit more time.
dixielandcutie (Jan 21, 2004)
hey icats. thanks for the suggestion. i agree, it could be a lot better. my main problem is i dont know how...time isnt an issue, ill work on it as long as i need to. i will take your advice tho...thanks. (and i keep getting comments about shading...*clueless*...what is that?)um, ok...i tried to do what you said, but i dont think im doing it right. no it just looks like theres stain everywhere....*help?*
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 21, 2004)
Bless your heart, Dixie! :) Wish you lived next door to me and we'd get a paint brush and get messy lol. Okay, first of all, the image you drew is adorable, and the idea very creative. As for shading, there will be more than one color in a shadow of something (such as the folds of the fabric) would go from dark blue in the deepest fold, graduating blue tones upward until the lightest blue is on the outermost part of the fabric. Do that and blend. Work on thinking about which direction your light source is coming from, and keep it consistent in your pic. Everything casts a shadow somewhere if there is light. That'll give you a couple of things to think about. Hope it helps. Dont give up!!! |
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